Liiquidambar [Lat, liquidum.'] nus of trees (lik-wid-am'bar). 1

A geof the Hamamelideae. 2. Liquid amber (or liquid amber); the sweet gum or balsamic product of L. styraciflua, known also as American I. It is aromatic and stimulant, is considered styptic, and is often substituted for the balsams of Peru and Tolu, as well as for liquid storax, with which it has been confounded by many authors. The term 1. is sometimes applied to the products of L. orientate and L. altingiana. American 1. See L. (2d def.). Liquidambar imberbe, Liquidambar orientale. The oriental sweet gum, liquid storax tree, or lord wood; a tree growing in southwestern Asia Minor. It is the source of liquid storax, the styrax of the U. S. Ph. Liiquidambar styraciflua. Bilsted, copalm balsam tree, sweet gum. The bark was formerly used in summer diarrhea and dysentery, especially in children, oriental 1. Liquid storax. [Lat., liquidus, liquid, + ambra, amber.]